There is a thought-provoking study from the Netherlands found when students were cut off from weed (due changes in local law) grades went up.

Hmmmm.

So, to add to my gross simplification — weed makes you dumb — it is really bad for kids, especially as their brains are not fully developed.

And, of course, the gateway drug reason.

Those are my intentions. Get angry, even disagree; more power to you.

It seems very popular to be a weeder these days, so I will most likely be on the losing side here. To clarify once again, I am all for decimalization and for anyone that might need medical marijuana. I am all for the ease of suffering.

However, in my opinion, I think legalized recreational pot is a bad idea.

Who knows where Florida is going to take the conversation in the coming years?

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